Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-01-01
TRIMMINGS.

"A ScOtcn plalu, Wnlcn very small,
is among the new goods.
In the new dresses the seams of the
waists are whaleboned.
Position backs, pointed fronts and
short sides are seen on basques.
The richest wedding dresses are
repped silk or ivory-white satin.
The back breadths of the skirts of
new polonaises are made very full.
For general wear this season,
chevoit, tweed and canvas goods take
the lead.
Short waists and little skirts are
shown in the coats and overcoats for
little girls.
With tulle or lace neckwear small
brooches of rare workmanship will be
worn.
Among the fashionable combina-
lions black and yellow retains its
popularity.
The tape stripe among the new
woolens looks as if it had been sewed
on the fabric.
English gowns are plated and
plain, and French frocks are gathered
and putfed.
Bright red will in a great measure
be supplanted by bright yellow in
Frightening dark costumes.
In the dark plaid frocks for little
girls full and sagging bright surah
and taffeta waistcoats are seen.
All shades of brown are fashionable,
and bronze brown is held in big favor
for evening dress combinations.
Long bead drops, intermixed with
spearhead pieces, are sold for sewing
on in every color, heliotrope and pale
gold being most in favor.
The new shade of bottle green is
called Russo. The green supposed to
have been worn by Robin Hood and
his merry outlaws will also be in
favor.
Many wooden dresses are trimmed
with the new gallon made of series
of rows of curled Russian braid in
three rows, five rows, or seven rows
in width.
Pins for fastening bows and bonnet
strings are very fashionable, and a
new make has been brought out, the
coral or pearl head, or whatever it
may be, protected by butt.
Some of the metal buttons have a
square of colored plush introduced.
Bits of tortoise shells are intermingled
with the rich fiat trimmings, and this
is a sensible use to make of this ex-
pensive but frail shell.
Mother of pearl in several color
ings has been adapted to buttons OF
the bullet and coin shape, for both
are worn, and the pretty ruby buttons
with many facets, and about the size
of a quarter dollar, are much in
vogue.
Paste is much worn for shoe and
waist buckles, and is mingled with
metals in the many new cloak clasps
so also is garnet. Some of the fancy
pins for the hair, in paste or garnet
take the semblance of a club card, OF
butterfly.
The hair is no longer massed ovel
the forehead, but a few light curls Oh
waves fall on each side. 1t is still
piled up at the top Of the head and
well brushed up from the nape of the
neck. 1t is well off the temples ant
leaves the ears quite free.
a favorite way of making bias vel
vet strings for bonnet, instead O
having throat bow, is to use two
pieces Of velvet two and half inche.
wide when hemmed, and each lone
enough to reach from the ear of thu
bonnet, under the wears chin, to thu
opposite corner or ear Of the bonnet
Beautiful jeweled passementerie
are brought in large dark stones, ret
as rubies or else like topazes, held by
gilt cords, and the set has V-shapet
piece for the front and back of waist
a collar, cuffs, and panel for the
skirt. Pearl passementerie for brida
or white dresses, has Rhinestones a
intervals that sparkle like diamonds
The small balls and carved designs
though seen upon combs, Away
pretty, are yielding in favor to thos
of chased tortoise shell. The style Q
decoration is also increa sing in size
as the fashion of dressin G the hair
progressing toward greater height